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Chief executive

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Noun
  1. 1
    The president of the United States.
  2. 2
    the office of the United States head of state wordnet
  3. 3
    The head of government or head of state.; The head of government of Hong Kong Hong-Kong, capitalized

    "After consultation with the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive in Council may, on being satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, give the Board such written directions as he thinks fit with respect to the performance of any of the Board’s functions under this Ordinance."

  4. 4
    the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government wordnet
  5. 5
    The head of government or head of state.; The head of government of Macau Macau
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  1. 6
    The governor of a U.S. state.
  2. 7
    Chief executive officer.

    ""This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm.""

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